Somewhere in the Andes, in a nebulous border zone never claimed by any nation, is the last of the free cities. Candida is a blank on the map. Here there are dragons. Kay travels across the Atlantic to Candida on business. She soon finds herself lost in an unfamiliar city without a job or a home. Sh
Force Majeure 1.Purgatory
β Scribed by Harvey Black
- Publisher
- SilverWood Books
- Year
- 2015
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 163 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Nuclear Apocalypse, is survival an option?
In our recent history, nuclear war has been an imminent and potentially devastating threat to humanity and the survival of our species.
1962 was the closest the Cold War came to escalating into an all-out nuclear war. President Kennedy won and the Soviet Union backed down.
In September 1983, Korean Airlines Flight 007 was shot down over the Sea of Japan, and brought relations between the two superpowers to an all-time low as nuclear threats rose.
1983's Operation Ryan saw missiles primed while nuclear strike aircraft lined up on runways in Poland. It was the Soviet response to the NATO's Able Archer 83 simulation exercises. President Reagan defused the situation.
In 2014, Soviet troops invaded Ukraine, attacking NATO forces positioned to defend their new ally. The President of Russia finally lost patience with the West's barriers to expansion. After repeated warnings, deciding a more devastating approach was needed, 300 megatons of nuclear missiles hit the UK alone.
And purgatory, the living hell, beganβ¦
β¦ Subjects
Thriller
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